May 2018
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2018, May, 2, 13:35:00
OIL PRICE: NOT ABOVE $74 ANEW
REUTERS - Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were up 31 cents at $73.44 a barrel by 0900 GMT, after falling nearly 3 percent on Tuesday to its lowest in two weeks. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 50 cents to $67.75 per barrel.
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2018, May, 2, 13:30:00
SAUDIS NEED $85
REUTERS - Saudi Arabia has projected a budget deficit of 195 billion riyals ($52 billion) in 2018, or 7.3 percent of GDP, down from 230 billion riyals last year. It plans to balance the budget by 2023.
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2018, May, 2, 13:25:00
РУССКИЙ ПЛАВАЮЩИЙ АТОМ
РОСАТОМ - 28 апреля 2018 года единственный в мире атомный плавучий энергетический блок (ПЭБ)* «Академик Ломоносов» покинул территорию «Балтийского завода» в Санкт-Петербурге, где с 2009 года велось его сооружение, и направился к месту своего базирования - на Чукотку.
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2018, May, 2, 13:20:00
SAUDIS OIL FOR JAPAN UP 3.4%
PLATTS - Japanese imports of crude oil from Saudi Arabia in March rose 3.4% month on month to an average of 1.29 million b/d, preliminary data from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry released Friday showed.
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2018, May, 2, 13:15:00
U.S. GAS PRODUCTION UP 10%
EIA - In February 2018, for the ninth consecutive month, dry natural gas production increased year-to-year from the same month a year ago. The preliminary level for dry natural gas production in February 2018 was 2,203 billion cubic feet (Bcf), or 78.7 Bcf/day. This level was 7.1 Bcf/day (10.0%) higher than the February 2017 level of 71.5 Bcf/day. The average daily rate of dry natural gas production for February was the highest for the month since EIA began tracking monthly dry production in 1973.
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2018, May, 2, 13:10:00
VIETNAM OIL PRODUCTION DOWN 11.8%
PLATTS - Vietnam is estimated to have produced 1.01 million mt (246,777 b/d) of crude oil in April, down 11.8% from the same month last year, according to data released Sunday by the General Statistics Office.
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2018, May, 2, 13:05:00
BP PROFIT $2.5 BLN
BP - “We have delivered another strong set of results. Our safe and reliable operations and strong financial delivery have continued into 2018. Underlying profit was up 23% on the previous quarter and was our best quarterly result in three years. With rising output from our new major projects and excellent reliability, Upstream production was 9% higher than a year earlier.
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2018, May, 2, 13:00:00
U.S. NUCLEAR AWARDS $60 MLN
U.S. DOE - U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 13 projects to receive approximately $60 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development for advanced nuclear technologies.
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2018, April, 11, 13:42:00
KOCH BROTHERS: 2ND WEALTHIEST
INVESTOPEDIA - All of Fred Koch's four sons have become billionaires as a result of the unprecedented growth of the family business. In fact, according to Forbes' real-time net worth estimator, Charles and David Koch alone have a combined net worth of $96.6 billion as of November 2017. The two brothers are the only members of the family's second generation who still play an active role in the management of the company.
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2017, November, 30, 12:10:00
KOCH BROTHERS INDUSTRIES
INVESTOPEDIA - The Koch brothers have become well-known for their libertarian and conservative politics, and are often portrayed as significant personalities that impact elections and government decisions.